Last week we showed you a nice set of pictures of the Russian capital before the revolution. Today it
is turn of color photographs of old capital. The previous photo collection can be found here.
"Russian Post" is the main postage service company. It often happens that many clients of the "Russian Post" are not satisfied with how they work. This time some worker of the company has
downloaded these two photos in the Internet. The video was added by someone else a bit later. The company refuted and tried to explain the situation but many people refused to believe.
Categories Economics, Photos, Society, Technology
A huge sarcophagus is being built at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. When the work is finished in 2015, the great arch structure will be taken to the existing "Shelter" on rails and fixed over it. During the first stage of assembly works about
5000 tons of steel was lifted at the height of twenty two meters (72 ft). When fully assembled the sarcophagus dimensions are 257 x 164 x 110 meters (843 x 538 x 361 ft). Its total weigh is going to be about 20 000 tons.
Categories Funny, Photos, Russian People, Society
These girls from Ukraine decided to earn a bit and created a new special group in the social network where any guy could choose any girl he liked and go on
a date with her. In fact it was such an auction where the starting price for any lot was three dollars which is equal to twenty five hryvnias.
Categories Economics, History, Photos, Russian Nature, Technology
This place is overgrown with legends. Locals say that it's the whole net of mines through which one can get from one settlement to another; people haven't come to one of the mines for 80
years, as they say. Besides, a huge shelter was allegedly built in case of nuclear war in those mines. But we are going to come down and see the mines with our own eyes.
Categories Automotive, Funny, Technology, Video
What a weird vehicle was noticed in the city of Nizhny Novgorod! It looks we have found Karlsson
himself! The driver, author of the video, neglected the rules to shoot the weird vehicle.
Categories Photos, Russian Nature
We are back in Kamchatka and at Kuril lake to see some more beautiful wild landscapes and local
dwellers. We have shown many bears of Kamchatka to you. Today you are going to see more foxes.
Universities then and universities today are two different things. Students of those years had other types of entertainments,
different hobbies and even different expression of their eyes! Some photos of Soviet students are presented below.
Categories Culture, Photos, Russian Food
Uzbek cuisine is like mathematics, it is endless for learning and it doesn't fit into any books. Mastava is one
of Uzbek dishes which is not often mentioned. But it deserves some attention. Shal we cook it right now?
Categories Automotive, Funny, Russian People, Society, Video
Sometimes other drivers can revenge you if you are not too polite on the roads. But even if you don't do
anything wrong you can make others mad as well. For example a bottle can be thrown at your car or something.
